President’s office block prosecutors’ searches

South Korean officials turned away prosecutors trying to search the president’s mountainside compound, a confrontation that highlights the high stakes at play as investigators look into a scandal that knocked President Park Geun-hye from power. Prosecutors want to question Park and search her presidential Blue House for more information about events that led to her […]

South Korean officials turned away prosecutors trying to search the president’s mountainside compound, a confrontation that highlights the high stakes at play as investigators look into a scandal that knocked President Park Geun-hye from power.
Prosecutors want to question Park and search her presidential Blue House for more information about events that led to her impeachment in December.
Park has said she is willing to be questioned. But her office opposes any search and maintains that a law blocks searches in areas with military and other official secrets.